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Use a repertoire1 of expressions for voicing strong agreement, disagreement, and all the shades of opinion in between from the following table.
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Expressions for an active participation panel discussion
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• Absolutely. I couldn’t agree more. |
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• I'm with you on that one. |
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• Yes, absolutely. |
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Strong agreement |
• I'd go along with that. |
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• You've got a point there. |
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• I think so too. |
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• I couldn't have put it better myself |
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• It is my view that ... |
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• If you ask me ... |
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• If you want my opinion, ... |
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• In regard / With regard / As far as I'm concerned, ... |
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• I tend to agree with you. |
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• That may be true, but ... |
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• You have my support on this one. |
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• I take your point, but ... |
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•Yes, but ... |
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• Ok, you win. You’ve convinced me |
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• There is also the matter of ... |
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Expressing an alternative |
• A point in favour of ... is ... |
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• Something worth mentioning is ... |
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• Not to be taken lightly is the fact that ... |
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• I can't say I have strong views either way |
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1 a repertoire [ˈrepətwɑː] — репертуар, (зд.) связанные с темой слова.
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... ...• On the one hand , but on the other |
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• In a sense ..., however ... |
Expressing hesitation |
• That's true up to a point, but ... |
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• It must be said that ..., however … |
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• That’s partly true. I’d go along with that |
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• I would argue that ... |
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• I think this deserves careful consideration ... |
When you disagree |
• I wouldn't go along on that. |
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• I'm (not) persuaded that ... |
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• I totally disagree. On the contrary ... |
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Adhere to strategy point for panel discussion as a participant of it:
•Voice opinions you are a party to.
•Take turns to practice reporting your ideas on the issue.
•When you report ideas in discussion, you must not read your source material.
•It is more usual to summarize or paraphrase the ideas in your own
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•Listen carefully to the other students’ reports on their reading and make notes on the key points.
•Respond to the arguments of the participants with your own ideas.
•You have to take care to make it very clear to your listeners when you are expressing your own opinions, and when you are reporting ideas you have read or heard about.
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